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H. Douglas

H. Douglas

H. Douglas Brown is a professor emeritus of English as a Second Language at San Francisco State University. He was the president of International TESOL from 1980 to 1981, and in 2001 he received TESOL's James E. Alatis Award for Distinguished Service. - Wikipedia

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H. Douglas Brown is a professor emeritus of English as a Second Language at San Francisco State University. He was the p...

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“Don't Panic.””

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,'" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.""But," says Man, "The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.""Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.””

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“God's Final Message to His Creation:'We apologize for the inconvenience.””

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“Don't Panic.””

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,'" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.""But," says Man, "The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.""Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.””

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“God's Final Message to His Creation:'We apologize for the inconvenience.””

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

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Machine Gun Manual: A Complete Manual to Machine Gunnery, Containing Details of Maxim, Vickers, Lewis, Colt, Hotchkiss, Together with Drill (elementary and Advanced) Fire Orders, Notes from the Front and a Mass of Other Useful Information

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